# Tiruneṭuṅkalam, time of Tantippōttaraiyaṉ, year 2

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00497

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00497.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Donation of gold for daily food offering for a god’s temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tanti-p-pōttarai[yaṟku yā]⟨2⟩ṇṭu Iraṇṭ-āvatu

maṟpiṭuku vi(ḻ)u⟨3⟩p-pē⟨ra⟩raiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa cattaṉ utai⟨4⟩yāṅkuraṉ
tiru-neṭuṅkaḷattu⟨5⟩-p paṭāra⟨r⟩kku Oḻukkavi vaitta ⟨6⟩ poṉ patiṉ
aiṅ-kaḻañcu

O(lō)c⟨7⟩ca⟨ṉ⟩ vaitta [1×] cēntaṉ vaitta ⟨8⟩ poṉ 6-ṅ kaḻañcu
(cāṉantami)⟨9⟩cānti vaitta poṉ 6ṅ kaḻañcu

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ vi(ḻ)u⟨3⟩p-pē⟨ra⟩raiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa ⬦ vi(ḻu)⟨3⟩ppēraiya⟨ṉ⟩-āyiṉa C.

⟨5⟩ -p paṭāra⟨r⟩kku ⬦ [2+]paṭāra⟨r⟩kku C.

⟨6⟩ O(lo)c⟨7⟩ca⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ Oloc⟨7⟩ca C.

⟨7⟩ [1×] ⬦ (½) C.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Second year of Tantippōttaraiyaṉ.[1]

⟨2–6⟩ The gold that Cattaṉ Utaiyāṅkuraṉ aliasViḷuppēraraiyaṉ has given
⟨as⟩ daily food offering (oḻukkavi) for the paṭārar of the
Tiruneṭuṅkalam: fifteen kaḻañcus.

⟨6–9⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Edited in Caṅkītā et al. 1998 (Varalāṟu 8.3).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s) and, for
lines 1-7, on photos (2016, kindly supplied by Valérie Gillet).

### Primary

[C] Caṅkītā, Kō., Cu. Muttulaṭcumi, Cō. Mālati, Ara. Akilā & Mu. Naḷiṉi.
1998. “tiruneṭuṅkaḷam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” Vāralāṟu 8, pp. 3–11. Item 3.3.

### Secondary

[N] Nalini, M., T. S. Ravishankar & S. Swaminathan. 2016. “Recent
discoveries at Tirunedunkalam.” In: Abhyudaya: Recent researches in
epigraphy and numismatics (commemoration volume in honour of Dr. K.V.
Ramesh). No place, pp. 24–26.

[1] Sanskrit Dantin + Tamil Pōttaraiyaṉ. That is, the Pallava king
Dantivarman.